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[tetrahelios]

Intro/pinned post!!

Hello! I am Tetrahelios, you may call me Tetra. Pronouns are whatever you want, but I will probably prefer they/them for the most part.

GO PLAY CORRU.OBSERVER ITS FREE AND IN YOUR BROWSER this game has me in a chokehold (positive)

Other interests of mine include paleontology/paleoart, speculative biology, dragons, and rocks/minerals.

I am currently working on multiple spec evo projects, one that is about dragons and another about aliens. I am very enthusiastic about these projects and welcome questions about them.

No specific DNI, just be civil. However, this is a little weird and maybe-unreasonable, but if you Actually Care about wyvern vs. dragon vs. whatever and go out of your way to say "thats not a dragon, its a wyvern!!!" please kindly leave. Yes, it is a way to categorize dragons based on bauplan, but it is redundant to claim that these descriptors should be the only way to refer to dragons with specific limb configurations.

Some of the art I might post can be a bit eyestrain-y. I may post some imagery that might be unsettling, such as parasitism and body horror. If these are a problem for you, maybe look elsewhere or just be warned idk. Probably won't post this stuff very often but have the warning regardless.

[strudelsaurus]

This guy’s still a baby! He has a good bit more growing to do, and he should have wings soon.

[lucs-madness]

@tetrahelios look at him

[tetrahelios]

what an absolutely magnificent lad, such bright patterns!

[tetrahelios]

Trying out a new shading technique with Acrocanthosaurus + perspective practice

[tetrahelios]

The little gallop sequence from my previous post compiled into a gif

It's a little janky since it wasn't made in an animation workflow, but I like the motion quite a bit

[tetrahelios]

Freehand dragon doodles from a couple weeks ago

[tetrahelios]

Carnotaurus portrait

The colours are based off the pajama cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera)

[tetrahelios]

Bug page!!

Clockwise from top: brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) large marsh grasshopper (i think) (Stethophyma grossum) water strider (Gerridae) northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (larval) antlion (Myrmeleontidae)

[tetrahelios]

Torvosaurus sketches, plus the uncoloured version because I liked the lines

[tetrahelios]

An ichneumonid wasp! I haven't had these guys around until just recently; two others have appeared since these photos were taken.

[juicyolpickle]

A carnivorous animal by the name of Hell hounds or Hook beaks, serves the role as a highly adapted pack hunter, this Borease animal is one of the most adaptive creature on this planet as they can be found about in each craves and surface of the planet.

It’s adaptivity is evident in its biological design as its pincer like jaws, eyes, and fur, have morphed from climate to climate giving this genus varied sub species with their own unique traits to further adapt to their species circumstances.

It earned its name for its obvious Earth counterpart the canine and the similarities that they share. Being excellent social hunters and for an amazing sense of smell, though unlike earths animals they do not have nostrils to gather smells but instead reply on head quills that resemble hair, highly sensitive organs similar to insect antennas that gather air particles.

[paleo-bug]

Life-sized Microraptor, done with alcohol markers

[bugboy2]

River safari trip

[tetrahelios]

Environment study from last year that I will definitely never finish, so might as well post it

[niqvassieart]

A little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by.

I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoying taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.

[walkstheday]

The beach gryphon